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Died. Henry J. Pain, 82, retired fireworks manufacturer, pioneer "Prince of Pyrotechnics"; in London. He put on such spectacles as "The Last Days of Pompeii," "The Chariot Race of Ben Hur," "The Battle of Gettysburg," "The Siege of Vera Cruz," "The Destruction of Jerusalem" and "The Battle in the Clouds." Stringent laws and "safe & sane Fourths" brought reverses; his company was finally sold...
Like two cranky old Civil War generals fighting Gettysburg over again, Messrs. Glass & Owen, born scarcely a block apart in Lynchburg, Va., had at each other again last week when Mr. Owen, onetime Indian Agent for the Five Civilized Tribes, accused Senator Glass of "using an undeserved prestige as an expert in monetary science against the public interest...
...will not advocate a Congressional statute to increase the membership on the court, regardless of the decision. He has a tremendous respect for the Constitution and the Court, as an institution. Of course he's all for the "broad and resilient phrases of the Constitution," as he said at Gettysburg last year, but he wouldn't think of interfering with the great traditions of the Court...
...placing of more than nine judicial chairs in a straight line. Be this as it may, the Court has shown that it still is willing to declare what it believes the law to be, regardless of veiled threats; and pleas from Filene to play ball. F. D. said at Gettysburg that the New Deal could all be accomplished within "the broad and resilient phrases of the Constitution." Maybe he's not so sure now. At any rate, Congress may have abdicated, but the Court goes on forever, despite criticisms from labor, brain (?) trusters, and a certain tart constitutional lawyer...
...persuasive quality of his smile is not reducible to Magic, but the persuasive quality of his words is well exemplified in his speeches. When he spoke last spring at Gettysburg he struck his keynote of popularity: "We are all brothers now in a new understanding." He struck it in a sterner mood when reproving the old order at Green Bay: "My friends, the people of the United States will not restore that ancient order!" He struck it sentimentally in his radio speech last September: "My friends, I still believe in ideals." He struck it in Tupelo where he defended...